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Daniel, Digital Specialist for AT&T, gives customers a breakdown of what will happen to customers who did not pre-order iPhone 4's in time for launch. Basically, you will have to wait until June 29th to purchase your new device.

Customers who do order(and who pre-order) will receive a call from AT&T when your iPhone 4 is ready for pick up. They do not want customers to camp out or stand in line in front of their stores because they do not want dissappointed customers.

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For all you people who didn't pre-order, camping out in front of the Apple store is your best bet.

iFixIt, a site which sells replacement computer and Apple product parts, began their iPhone 4 Teardown today. They got their hands on one of those "early deliveries" and started taking it apart.

What they found is that the iPhone 4 glass is protected by the mighty Gorilla Glass!

The front glass panel of the iPhone is constructed of Corning Gorilla Glass, a chemically strengthened alkali-aluminosilicate thin sheet glass that is reported to be 20 times stiffer and 30 times harder than plastic.

Gorilla Glass holds many advantages as the iPhone 4s front panel including its high resistance to wear and increased strength from a strengthening process.

Due the the overwhelming demand for the iPhone 4, AT&T will not be offering any devices to walk-in customers until June 29th. All of the units have already been spoken for during the initial pre-order last week.

Here are a few guidelines for customers buying iPhone 4 from AT&T:

Preordered for home or business delivery: iPhone 4 will begin arriving this week for customers who preordered. We'll send an email when each order has shipped.

Preordered for store delivery: AT&T retail representatives will begin calling customers this week to let them know their iPhone 4 is available for pick up in store.

Retail purchase (no preorder): AT&T plans to have iPhone 4 inventory - available on a first-come, first-served basis while supplies last - on June 29 in...

It looks like some lucky users have already been receiving their iPhone 4 shipments, if you happen to be one of these lucky members please let us know in the comments.

Unlike the iPad deliveries it appears that Apple didn't do anything special to make sure that units didn't arrive early. We all know how secretive Apple can be and the fact that they strike deals with the shippers to guarantee no one gets it early... in this case though these appear to be arriving from China, via FedEx not UPS.

I think when Apple wants to guarantee that no one gets it early they ship via UPS and stake out guards at the large hubs to ensure no early deliveries.

According to a recent article published on Sizzledcore, the iPhone 4 Retina display could be the bottleneck causing iPhone 4 delays. The new screen boosts a 960-by-640 pixel resolution at 325 ppi, 800:1 contrast ratio, 500 cd/m2 max brightness. To date this screen offers the highest resolution of any in the cell phone industry.

Apple is using Retina screen manufactured by LG Display Korea in iPhone 4. But, with LG Display significantly falling behind to the probable production of 4 million such screens a month with present production standing out at just 2 million units a month, has as well led to alike adjustments in iPhone 4 shipments for this year, reported a superior technology analyst at Rodman plus Renshaw.

Today is the big day, well, the second to biggest day. Apple is launching iOS 4 and you have got to know how to prepare. "Never go into a battle in a bathrobe, unless your playing video games" is what I like to say.

First off, you are going to want to upgrade your iTunes to the latest version, iTunes 9.2. iOS 4 will not work with any other versions of iTunes. Make sure sync your iPhone and sync it well. All those contacts, mail, etc. could be long gone if you don't double check. Finally, if your updating, you might want to restore your phone to factory setting, it's always better to go into that battle with clean underwear.

That's about all that you'll need to do before the new OS is ready for download.

The all new Facetime video chat feature is definitely one of the coolest improvements in the iPhone 4. According to a recent article on BusinessInsider.com, Facetime video calls won't use any of your on-air minutes. The video chat app requires you to be connected to a Wi-Fi network in order to work.

"The voice call ends as soon as the FaceTime call connects," Apple tells us. "The FaceTime call is over Wi-Fi so does not use carrier minutes."

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You'll be able to initiate a video call from within a voice call, but as soon as it's switches to Facetime,the voice call is dropped and Wi-Fi takes over. Apple is currently working with carriers to develop a method to use Facetime over 3G, but nothing has been announced yet.

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